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Stripe’s $159 billion valuation towers over PayPal’s roughly $43 billion market capitalization, a gap analysts say makes a takeover financially plausible. The scale mismatch has reignited speculation that a deal could redraw competitive lines across consumer payments, merchant acquiring, and stablecoins. Mizuho analysts Dan Dolev and Alexander Jenkins
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Aave tokenholders are set to vote on a $51 million funding proposal amid a public dispute over roughly $86 million in prior funding to Aave Labs. The confrontation raises fresh questions about accountability and capital allocation within one of decentralized finance’s largest lending protocols. The latest escalation came from
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Anchorage Digital disclosed it holds Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock STRC on its balance sheet. The move ties a federally chartered crypto bank directly to the capital structure funding the world’s largest bitcoin treasury. The disclosure came from co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley in a post on X. Anchorage
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Meta is exploring stablecoin-powered payments across its platforms, according to a CoinDesk report citing anonymous sources. The effort would mark the company’s most direct reentry into digital assets since abandoning its Libra project under regulatory pressure. The report said Meta has contacted third-party firms to facilitate stablecoin-based payments and
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Binance has reintroduced tokenized U.S. equities four years after discontinuing the product under regulatory pressure. The move signals renewed appetite for blockchain-based securities outside the United States. Through a partnership with Ondo Finance, Binance added 10 tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds to Binance Alpha and Binance Wallet,
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Kalshi has removed all affiliate badges from accounts on X following new rules restricting paid promotions tied to gambling and sports betting. The change limits visible markers of formal partnerships, signaling tighter oversight. The badges identified influencers and affiliates who promoted Kalshi event contracts under revenue-sharing arrangements. They were not
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Vitalik Buterin has sold 10,723 ether over three weeks for roughly $21.7 million. The transactions come as ETH trades 38% lower over the past 30 days, amplifying scrutiny around insider-linked wallet flows during market stress. Onchain Lens and Lookonchain, citing Arkham data, flagged the swaps into stablecoins. Since
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Nakamoto agreed to acquire BTC Inc. and UTXO Management in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $107 million. The deal expands the bitcoin treasury firm beyond balance-sheet accumulation into media and asset management. The transaction covers BTC Inc., operator of Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference, and UTXO Management,
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Step Finance is winding down operations after a $40 million treasury breach it could not absorb. The closure marks one of the largest single-platform failures on Solana this year, raising renewed counterparty risk concerns across decentralized finance (DeFi). Statement on Recent Security Incident In the early afternoon hours of 31
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Crypto exchange Backpack says 20% of its company equity will be allocated to users who stake its native token for at least one year. The structure directly links token commitment to ownership, introducing a model that blurs the line between exchange utility tokens and traditional equity. Founder Armani Ferrante outlined
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Hanwha Asset Management, which oversees 6.4 trillion won in assets, is building infrastructure for crypto staking exchange-traded products in South Korea. The move signals that one of the country’s largest asset managers is preparing for regulated exposure to on-chain yield. The firm announced Monday a strategic partnership with
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MARA Holdings has completed its acquisition of a 64% stake in French data center operator Exaion. The deal deepens the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner’s push into European cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. EDF Pulse Ventures Partners with MARA & NJJ to Support a New Phase of Exaion’s DevelopmentEDF Pulse